CN105563565B

CN105563565B - Adjusting device for a pressure roller of a processing machine and processing machine

Info

Publication number: CN105563565B
Application number: CN201510740363.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: R·格拉姆利希; W·拉普; R·瓦格纳
Original assignee: Michael Weinig AG
Current assignee: Michael Weinig AG
Priority date: 2014-11-04
Filing date: 2015-11-04
Publication date: 2020-07-21
Anticipated expiration: 2035-11-04
Also published as: US10059022B2; CN105563565A; US20160121510A1; EP3017909B1; DE102014016630B4; SI3017909T1; TW201628813A; TWI655072B; EP3017909A1; DE102014016630A1

Abstract

The adjusting device for a pressure roller of a processing machine comprises a support arm which can be pivoted about an axis and which carries the pressure roller, the pressure roller being adjustable from a pressure position to a rest position by means of the support arm, the support arm being mounted on a support rod, the support rod engaging in a clamping opening of a pressure roller clamp. The support rod has a first part which has a non-circular cross section and forms a form-fitting part which cooperates in a form-fitting manner with the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp, and a second part which is arranged offset in the axial direction relative to the first part and which is a rotary part which rests against the inner side of the clamping opening and makes it possible to carry out a rotary movement of the support rod about its axis in the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp. The processing machine has an adjusting device. In the adjusting device and the processing machine, the pressure roller can be pivoted into a rest position and/or transversely to the workpiece in the width direction by means of a simple construction and operation.

Description

Adjusting device for a pressure roller of a processing machine and processing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to an adjusting device for a pressure roller of a machining machine, in particular a dado machine, and to a machining machine, in particular a dado machine, having an adjusting device.

Background

In machining machines, in particular in slot planing machines, it is known to transport a workpiece through the machining machine by means of transport rollers and to machine the workpiece simultaneously in the course of the passage. In the region of the tool rotating about the vertical axis, a plurality of pressure rollers are provided, which press onto the workpiece to be machined in addition to the conveying rollers. The tool must be replaced according to the machining task. For this purpose, it is necessary to remove the pressure rollers in order to be able to replace the tool. In the known machining machines, a plurality of pressure rollers are mounted in a stationary manner, so that significant assembly outlay is required when the tools in the region of these pressure rollers have to be replaced. For some processing purposes, individual pinch rollers are not needed or may not be used and must likewise be removed.

It is also known to mount the pressure roller on a pivot arm, with which it can be pivoted from a pressure position, in which it rests against the workpiece, to a rest position when a tool change is required or the pressure roller should not be used.

However, the adjustment device provided for this purpose is structurally complex.

The pressure rollers must furthermore be set transversely to the workpiece in the width direction as a function of the groove depth in the right spindle and the width of the workpiece to be machined and the tool circle flight in the left spindle.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the invention is to design the adjusting device and the processing machine in such a way that the pressure roller can be adjusted to a rest position and/or adjusted transversely to the workpiece in the width direction with a simple design and without difficult handling.

This object is achieved by an adjusting device for a pressure roller of a processing machine, in particular of a dado machine, for workpieces made of wood or plastic, comprising a support arm which can be pivoted about an axis and which carries the pressure roller, which pressure roller can be adjusted from a pressure position into a rest position by means of the support arm, which is mounted on a support rod which engages in a clamping opening of a pressure roller clamp; the support rod has a first part which has a non-circular cross section and forms a form-fitting part which cooperates in a form-fitting manner with the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp, and a second part which is arranged offset in the axial direction relative to the first part and which is a rotary part which rests against the inner side of the clamping opening and makes it possible to carry out a rotary movement of the support rod about its axis in the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp.

The object is also achieved by a processing machine comprising an adjusting device according to the invention.

The adjusting device according to the invention has a support rod on which a support arm is mounted which carries the pressure roller. The support bar has two sections with different cross-sectional designs. The first portion of the support bar forming the form-locking portion has a non-circular cross-section. By non-circular cross-section is understood any cross-section other than circular, such as angular, polygonal or elliptical cross-sections, cross-sections with involute profiles, etc. The second part is a rotary part which rests against the inside of the clamping opening and allows the support rod to rotate about its axis in the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp. With the first part, the pressure roller can be clamped securely and securely in a form-locking manner in the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp. The clamping force acting on the first part of the support rod is reduced in such a way that the support rod can be moved axially in order to move the second part into the region of the clamping opening.

The second portion forms a rotating portion so that the support bar can rotate about its axis in the clamping aperture. Since the support arm is fixedly mounted on the support rod, the support arm is deflected by the rotational movement of the support rod. In this way, the pressure roller can be easily adjusted from the pressure position (in which it rests against the workpiece) into the rest position when, for example, a tool change is required in the region of the pressure roller. For this purpose, the pressure roller does not have to be removed and possibly reinstalled in the rest position.

In an advantageous embodiment, the second part of the support rod has a cylindrical outer circumferential surface as the outer surface. The support rod can thus be continuously rotated steplessly.

In an advantageous embodiment, the diameter of the cylindrical outer circumferential surface of the second section of the support rod corresponds to the diameter of the inscribed circle of the angular cross section of the first section of the support rod. The cylindrical outer circumferential surface of the second part then bears in linear contact against the flat inner side of the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp, so that the support rod can rotate about its axis. The angular cross section of the clamping aperture advantageously corresponds in this case to the angular cross section of the first portion of the support rod. If the support rod is located with the first part in the clamping opening for this purpose, a defect-free positive connection is produced between the support rod and the pressure roller gripper with the clamping opening.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the cylindrical outer circumferential surface of the second part of the support rod rests against the corresponding part-cylindrical inner side of the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp. The clamping aperture in this case has alternating part-cylindrical and flat inner sides. In such a design the second part of the support rod can also be rotated about its axis in the clamping aperture. Via the flat inner sides of the clamping apertures, a first portion of the support rod with an angular cross section can be fixed in a form-fitting manner.

In a further embodiment, the second section of the support rod has alternating flat and curved outer sides. The flat outer side is set back with respect to the curved outer side to such an extent that, when the support rod is rotated about its axis, only the curved outer side forms a functional surface which rests against a correspondingly curved inner side of a clamping opening provided in the pressure roller holder.

The curved outer sides of the second part of the support rod and the inner sides of the clamping opening advantageously lie on an imaginary cylindrical outer circumferential surface, the axis of which forms the deflection axis of the support arm. The supporting arm together with the pressure roller can thus be adjusted to the rest position by a simple rotational movement of the supporting rod.

In an advantageous embodiment, the planar outer sides of the second support rod part form a continuous continuation of the planar outer sides of the first support rod part. Simple production of the support rod is thereby possible. Rods with a polygonal, preferably hexagonal, cross section are used as starting material. The curved surfaces can be produced in a simple manner on the circumference of the polygonal cross section, for example by turning. Quadrilateral cross-sections, involute profiles, polygonal profiles, etc. may also be used for the rod.

The outer side of the second part of the bearing rod and the inner side of the clamping opening are advantageously designed in such a way that the diameter of an imaginary cylindrical outer circumferential surface (on which the curved outer side or inner side lies) is greater than the distance between the mutually opposite flat outer sides or inner sides of the second bearing rod part or clamping opening (polygonal wrench width of the first and second part).

Advantageously the second support rod portion is in the region between the first support rod portion and an end portion of the support rod.

The two support bar portions may be of different lengths. The second support rod portion advantageously has a slightly greater length than the clamping aperture in which the support rod is fixedly clamped. The first support rod part with the angular cross section is so long that the support arm is fixed to it for producing a rotationally fixed connection to the support rod and the support rod is clamped in the clamping opening at the required axial position.

The end portion of the support rod preferably has the same cross section as the first support rod portion. The end portion may serve as a stop to prevent the support rod from being accidentally pulled out of the clamping aperture when deflected.

The first and end sections of the support rod can be arranged at the same angle to one another, but also angularly offset.

The support bar is movable in the clamping aperture. If the pressure roller is in its pressure position (in which it rests against the workpiece), the support rod is displaced in the clamping opening in such a way that a first support rod part with an angular cross section is located in the clamping opening. The flat inner sides of the clamping openings then bear flat against the flat outer sides of the first support rod part, whereby a defect-free form-fitting connection is produced between the support rods and the walls of the clamping openings. The supporting arm and thus the pressure roller are thus positioned and held in the pressure position without disadvantages. If the pressure roller is to be adjusted to the rest position, the support rod is moved to such an extent in its longitudinal direction after the reduction of the clamping force until the second support rod portion is located in the clamping opening. The respective outer sides of the second bearing rod section and the inner sides of the clamping opening now cooperate such that the bearing rod can be rotated about its axis and thus the pressure roller can be adjusted into the rest position via the bearing arm.

In an advantageous embodiment, the clamping openings of the support rod and of the pressure roller holder can also be designed such that the support rod can be clamped in the clamping openings over all its parts, i.e. the first part, the second part and the end section.

Advantageously, the support rods can be rotated by a multiple of 60 ° in the case of a hexagonal design. Once the support bar has been rotated by the corresponding dimension, it is pushed back axially so that the first part is in the clamping aperture. The support rod can then be held and clamped in a form-fitting manner. The pressure roller is then reliably fixed in the rest position. The exact position of the pressure roller in the rest position is thus predetermined, so that collisions with other components are avoided and a tool change without difficulty can be achieved. Furthermore, in this rest position, machining of the workpiece is possible, wherein no pressure rollers should be installed or used, which would not be an obstacle. In the second part, the cylindrical part surfaces cooperate with alternately arranged flat and curved outer sides during clamping, which overlap more or less in terms of angular position. In the angular position of the operating state, the partial surfaces are in contact only at the edges, so that clamping is not possible.

When the pressure roller clamp has at least one clamping section, it exerts a clamping force on the support rod, resulting in a simple structural design. The clamping portion is connected to the remainder of the pressure roller clamp via a curved region.

The clamping section is advantageously formed in such a way that a transverse slot is formed in the pressure roller clamp, which transverse slot extends up to the clamping opening of the pressure roller clamp. The transverse slot separates the gripping portion from the remainder of the pinch roller clamp. It is simple to make a transverse slot in the pressure roller clamp. The transverse slot is arranged to end at a distance from the outer side of the pinch roller clamp, so that the area between this outer side and the end of the transverse slot forms a bending area of the clamping portion. Due to the integral formation of the clamping section with the rest of the pressure roller clamp, a simple and cost-effective production of the pressure roller clamp results.

The transverse slot is arranged such that it passes through the clamping opening, preferably over half the width. This makes it possible to securely clamp the support rod in the clamping opening.

The supporting arm carrying the guide roller is advantageously clamped fixedly on the supporting bar, in particular on the first portion of the supporting bar. It is thereby possible to simply remove or replace the support arm.

The guide roller is advantageously supported on an arm which can be clamped in a fixed manner in the support arm. The arm advantageously extends perpendicularly to the support arm and can be simply replaced if required.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the clamping roller holder is adjustable in the axial direction of the support rod. This is provided, for example, when the pressure roller is provided with a tool that is adjustable in the axial direction of the support bar relative to the workpiece to be machined.

The processing machine according to the invention offers the possibility of simply adjusting the pressure roller from the pressure position to the rest position by means of the adjusting device. Advantageously, at least those pressure rollers assigned to the knives which are rotatable about a vertical axis are adjustable.

In a simple design, the support bar is located in a region above a machine table of the processing machine. In this case, the support arm extends from the support rod obliquely downward in the direction of the machine table.

A simple design results if the support rods extend transversely to the conveying direction of the workpieces through the processing machine. In which case the support bars are placed horizontally and perpendicularly to the conveying direction of the workpieces.

The machining machine is advantageously provided with at least one tool which is adjustable transversely to the conveying direction of the workpiece through the machine by means of a slide. Such tools can thus be adapted to different widths of workpieces to be machined.

In order to maintain the position of the pressure roller assigned to the adjustable tool relative to the tool during adjustment, in one embodiment of the machining machine according to the invention the slide plate is advantageously coupled to the pressure roller holder in such a way that the pressure roller holder together with the slide plate can be moved transversely to the conveying direction of the workpieces. The adjustment of the slide and the tool mounted thereon therefore necessarily results in a corresponding adjustment of the pressure roller holder and thus of the associated pressure roller. Such a construction of the processing machine is independent of other constructions, in particular of the construction of the support bar.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the adjusting movement of the pressure roller holder is derived from an adjusting movement of the slide.

In this case, it is advantageous if the slide and the pressure roller gripper are connected to one another via at least one remote control. If the slide and the tool are adjusted transversely to the conveying direction of the workpiece, the roller holder is also pressed via the remote control, so that the spacing between the guide roller and the adjustable tool remains during the adjustment. A separate adjusting device for the pressure roller gripper is therefore not required. The remote control enables particularly cost-effective adjustment, which moreover works reliably.

The disclosure of the present application is not only derived from the content of the individual claims, but also from the description and the features which are disclosed in the individual figures and description. They are regarded as important for the invention even if they are not the subject of the claims, as long as they are novel individually or in combination with respect to the prior art.

Drawings

The invention is explained in more detail by means of embodiments shown in the figures. Wherein:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a working machine according to the invention, comprising an adjusting device according to the invention for a pressure roller,

fig. 2 is a front view of the processing machine of fig. 1, with the pressure rollers in a pressure position,

fig. 3 shows the processing machine according to the illustration of fig. 2, with the pressure roller in the pivoted-away position,

figure 4 shows the pressure roller in the pressure position before the right spindle of the processing machine together with the associated adjusting device,

figure 5 a perspective view of the adjustment device of figure 4,

figure 6 the pressure roller of figure 4 is in a rotated away position,

figure 7 perspective view of the adjustment device of figure 6 with the pressure roller,

fig. 8 the pressure roller of fig. 4 is in a position, in which it can be rotated away from the pressing position,

figure 9 is a perspective view of the support rod of the adjustment device of the pressure roller,

figure 10 a side view of the support bar of figure 9,

figure 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line a-a of figure 10,

figure 12 is a front view of the pinch roller clamp,

figure 13 a perspective view of the pinch roller clamp of figure 12,

figure 14 the configuration of the inner contour of the clamping reception of the pressure roller clamp of figure 12,

fig. 15 is a perspective view of a part of a processing machine, comprising a pressure roller adjustable by means of a remote control,

figure 16 a side view of a portion of the processing machine of figure 15,

figure 17 is an enlarged and partially cut-away view of a portion of the processing machine of figure 16,

figure 18 is an enlarged view of the mounting of the robot on the spindle sled,

figure 19 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the support bar,

figures 20 to 24 are enlarged cross-sectional views of different angular positions of the support bar in the clamping aperture of the pinch roller clamp,

FIG. 25 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a support bar.

Detailed Description

The processing machine is advantageously a dado planer. The router is used for processing wooden workpieces 1, which are fed via a feed table 2 and are transported in the router on a machine table 3 during the processing. The workpiece 1 is machined on all four sides in the slot planer as it passes through the slot planer. Fig. 1 (which shows only a part of the router) shows schematically a lower tool 4, a right-hand tool 5 and a left-hand tool 6, which are rotatable about a horizontal axis. The two

cutters

5, 6 are rotatable about a vertical axis. The lower side of the workpiece is machined by the lower tool 4, the right longitudinal side in the conveying direction by the right tool 5 and the left longitudinal side in the conveying direction 7 of the workpiece 1 by the tool 6. The two

vertical tools

5, 6 are arranged offset to one another in the transport direction of the workpiece 1. Behind the left-hand tool 6 in the transport direction of the workpiece 1, the router also has an upper tool (not shown) which can be rotated about a horizontal axis and with which the upper side of the workpiece 1 is machined during its passage through the router. In the transport direction 7 of the workpiece 1, a further lower tool can also be arranged behind the upper tool, with which the lower side of the workpiece 1 is again machined during the passage. During the passage through the router, the workpiece 1 rests with its right longitudinal side in the conveying direction 7 against the stops 8.

The left-hand tool 6 is mounted on a spindle slide 9, which is arranged on the machine table 3 so as to be displaceable transversely to the conveying direction 7. The tool 6 can be adjusted to different widths of the workpiece 1 by means of the slide 9.

In order to transport the workpiece 1 through the dado machine, a plurality of feed rollers 10 are provided, which rest on the upper side of the workpiece 1 and transport the workpiece through the dado machine in the transport direction 7. Two feed rollers 10 are arranged on each feed pendulum 11, which is mounted so as to be pivotable on a pendulum carrier 12. The pendulum supports 12 are attached to a transport beam 13, which extends at a distance above the machine table 3 in the transport direction 7. The pendulum suspension bracket 12 is detachably fixed on the conveying beam 13. Depending on the length of the slot planer, more than two pendulum supports 12 are fastened to the transport beam 13, which pendulum supports each carry a feed pendulum 11 with a transport roller 10. The feed roller 10 is pressed against the workpiece 1 by means of a pressure cylinder 14, preferably a pneumatic cylinder. The pressure cylinders 14 are supported on the pendulum supports 12 and act on the feed pendulum 11.

Each feed pendulum 11 is a single-armed lever, one end of which is mounted pivotably on a common horizontal axis 17 (fig. 2). The pressure cylinders 14 act on the free ends of the feed pendulums 11.

Approximately at the level of the two

tools

5, 6, a

pressure roller

15, 16 is provided, which bears under pressure against the workpiece 1 and loads the workpiece against the machine table 3. The

pressure rollers

15, 16 are freely rotatable about their horizontal axis and can be adjusted from the pressure position shown in fig. 1 into a rest position when a tool change is to be carried out or when no pressure rollers are required.

The

pressure rollers

15, 16 are advantageously mounted in a resilient manner so that they can follow irregularities on the upper side of the workpiece 1 when the workpiece 1 passes through the slot planer, in order to press or hold the workpiece 1 with sufficient force without jamming and/or damaging the workpiece 1. The

pressure rollers

15, 16 can be deflected by means of the adjusting

units

18, 19 from the pressure position (fig. 1 and 2) into the rest position (fig. 3).

The adjusting unit 18 (fig. 4 and 5) has a supporting arm 20 which can be pivoted about a horizontal pivot axis 21. The supporting arm 20 is provided at its free end opposite the pivot axis 21 with a through-hole 22 through which an arm 23 projects. The arm has a housing 24 in which a compression medium/compression arrangement is accommodated, with which the pressure roller 15 is loaded in the direction of the workpiece 1. The compression medium/compression structure in the housing 24 is advantageously at least one compression spring, but may also be a pneumatic medium, for example. Projecting from the housing 24 is a shaft 25 which is acted upon by the compressed medium/compression arrangement and carries, on its free end, the pressure roller 15, which is freely rotatable about a horizontal axis 26.

The through-hole 22 is located between two clamping portions 27, 28 (fig. 7) which are provided on the free end of the support arm 20 and are formed integrally with the support arm. The two

clamping sections

27, 28 are spaced apart from each other and are connected to each other by a clamping screw 29 passing through the clamping sections. The arm 23 is clamped between the two clamping

parts

27, 28 by passing through the through-hole 22 and subsequently tightening the clamping screw 29. The clamping

portions

27, 28 are formed such that the edge of the through-hole 22 surrounds the arm 23 almost along the entire circumference of the arm 23. Thereby securely holding the arm 23 to the support arm 20. The clamping

portions

27, 28 enclose the housing 24 of the engaging arm 23, so that the shaft 25 can perform the necessary compensating movements when the workpiece 1 passes through, if necessary.

The support arm 20 (which is designed as a single-armed lever) is provided in the region of its pivot axis 21 with two further clamping

sections

30, 31 which are designed in one piece with the support arm 20 and are connected to one another by means of a clamping screw 32. The clamping

portions

30, 31 are opposed to each other at a minute distance. The clamping

portions

30, 31 and the clamping screw 32 are arranged perpendicular to the clamping

portions

27, 28 and the clamping screw 29 arranged on the other end of the support arm 20. The clamping

portions

30, 31 engage around a support bar 33 which is secured in a pinch roller clamp 34. The pressure roller clamp 34 is fixed to the front side of the pendulum support 12.

The support bar 33 has a polygonal bar portion 35 that extends along a portion of the length of the support bar 33. The length of the rod portion 35 is greater than half the length of the support rod 33 in this embodiment. The shaft 35 has a hexagonal cross-section, for example.

Axially adjacent to the lever 35 is a rotary part 36 which is formed in one piece with the lever 35. The rotating part 36 has along its circumference alternating flat outer sides 37 and curved outer sides 38. Each flat outer side 37 forms a continuation of each respective flat outer side 39 of the stem 35. The flat outer side 37 is in the center of the flat outer side 39 of the shank 35, seen in the axial direction of the support rod 33, but has a smaller width than the outer side 39. The curved outer sides 38 arranged between the flat outer sides 37 lie on an imaginary cylinder 40 (fig. 11) whose diameter 41 is slightly larger than the distance 42 between the flat outer sides 37 lying opposite one another in the radial direction. In the exemplary case the distance 42 is 27mm and the diameter 41 is 28 mm. The respective curved outer sides 38 of the rotary part 36 thus form a functional surface which allows the support rod 33 to rotate about its axis.

The support rod 33 again has the same polygonal contour at the free end 43 as the rod 35. The free end 43 has only a small length.

The support rod 33 is located with its rod part 35 between the clamping

parts

30, 31 of the support arm 20. The clamping

portions

30, 31 define a through hole 44 (fig. 5 and 8) having a polygonal profile corresponding to the stem portion 35 of the support bar 33. The support arm 20 is thereby positively connected to the support rod 33. The two

clamping portions

30, 31 can be clamped fixedly on the shank 35 of the support rod 33 by means of a clamping screw 32 arranged in the region next to the through-opening 44.

The pressure roller gripper 34 has a substantially square design (fig. 12 and 13) and has a transverse slot 45 which extends perpendicularly from a narrow face 46 of the pressure roller gripper 34 up to the vicinity of an opposite narrow face 47. The transverse slot 45 also extends as far as mutually opposite side faces 48, 49 of the pressure roller gripper 34 which are perpendicular to the narrow faces 46, 47. In this embodiment the transverse slot 45 is in an eccentric position in the pressure roller clamp 34.

The transverse slot 45 passes approximately in the center of an aperture 50 which extends between mutually opposite, parallel side faces 48, 49. The contour of the aperture 50, like the contour of the rotating portion 36 of the support bar 33, consists of curved (partially cylindrical) and flat surfaces.

As can be seen from fig. 14, the opening 50 has flat inner sides 51 which extend along the length of the opening 50 and each have a curved inner side 52 over half the width. These curved inner sides 52 lie on a cylinder with an imaginary diameter 41. The flat inner sides 51 are arranged in such a way that the radially opposite inner sides 51 have a distance 42 from one another. As described with reference to the rotary part 36 of the support rod 33, the diameter 41 is slightly larger than the distance 42 of the diametrically opposite flat inner sides 51. Illustratively shown in fig. 14, the diameter 41 is 28mm and the spacing 42 is 27 mm. When the rotary part 36 is in the opening 50 of the pressure roller holder 34 for this purpose, only the curved inner side 52 is active, on which the curved outer sides 38 of the rotary part 36 of the support bar 33 rest. The support rod 33 can then rotate about its axis. This axis forms a deflection axis 21 (fig. 5) about which the supporting arm 20 is pivoted in order to adjust the pressure roller 15 from the pressure position into the rest position.

Such an aperture 50 can be simply manufactured by first making a cylindrical bore and then broaching a hexagon.

The transverse slot 45 projects in the direction of the narrow side 47 of the pressure roller gripper 34 to such an extent that a curved region 53 is formed between the end of the transverse slot 45 and the narrow side 47. The part 54 above the mounting position is thereby elastically bent by means of a clamping device 55 (fig. 5) in such a way that the shank 35 or the rotary part 36 is clamped in the opening 50. The clamping device 55 has a clamping lever 56, by means of which a clamping spindle 57 can be actuated. The clamping spindle 57 passes through the clamping portion 54, which is provided with a corresponding through hole 58 (fig. 13). The clamping spindle 57 is provided with a collar 59 which bears against the clamping part 54. The clamping spindle 57 traverses the transverse slot 45 in the region beside the opening 50 and is screwed into a portion 60 of the pressure roller clamp 34 below the clamping portion 54.

If the pressure roller 15 is in its pressure position, as shown in fig. 1, 2, 4 and 5, the support rod 33 is pushed into the pressure roller holder 34 to such an extent that the rod section 35 is in the opening 50. The clamping portion 54 is clamped fixedly relative to the rod 35 by means of a clamping device 55. Since the stem 35 has only flat surfaces 39, these surfaces cooperate with the inner side 51 of the orifice 50. A secure form-locking is thereby achieved, so that the supporting arm 20 cannot pivot about the pivot axis 21. Rod 35 also projects into angled through hole 44 of support arm 20, and support arm 20 is fixedly clamped to rod 35 by means of clamping screw 32.

The pressure roller 15 can be adjusted in a stepless manner perpendicularly to the supporting arm 20 by means of the arm 23. The arm 23 is fixedly clamped between the two clamping

portions

27, 28 by means of a clamping screw 29.

If the pressure roller 15 is to be adjusted into its rest position (as shown in fig. 3 and 6), the clamping of the support rod 33 in the pressure roller clamp 34 is first released by means of the clamping device 55. The support rod 33 can then be pulled out of the pressure roller holder 34 in its longitudinal direction to such an extent that the rotary part 36 of the support rod 33 is located in the opening 50 of the pressure roller holder 34. Since the curved surfaces 52 of the opening 50 lie on a cylindrical surface, the diameter 41 of which is slightly larger than the distance 42 of the diametrically opposite flat inner sides 51, the support rod 33 can be rotated about its axis in the opening 50, since in this case only the curved outer sides 38 and the curved inner sides 52 are functional surfaces. The supporting arm 20 can thus be pivoted upward about the pivot axis 21 into a rest position in which the pressure rollers 15 are in the region above the transport beam 13 (fig. 3). In order that the support arm 20 is no longer pivoted back in the direction of its pressing position, the clamping portion 54 of the pressure roller gripper 34 is clamped against the rotary portion 36 by means of the clamping device 55.

It is also possible to push back after the rotation of the support lever 33, so that the lever part 35 is in the pressure roller holder 34. The support rod 33 can then be reliably prevented from rotating by being clamped in a form-locking manner, so that it is not possible to rotate the support arm 20 from the rest position back into the pressed-on position. In the hexagonal design, the support rod 33 and therefore the support arm 20 can have a defined angular position (60 °, 120 °, 180 °, …) in the clamped rest position relative to the position in the pressed-in position.

The free end 43 of the support rod 33 (which has the same cross section as the rod portion 35) prevents: the support bar 33 may be pulled out of the pressure roller holder 34 during the deflection. This pulling out and thus removal of the pressure roller is possible in the angular position when the clamping apertures 50 and the hexagons of the free ends 43 are aligned. In a design not shown, the pull-out prevention can also be achieved in that after the support rod 33 has passed through the clamping opening 50, a disk having a larger diameter than the hexagon is mounted on the end face of the free end 43, which is however cumbersome.

In the lower part 60 of the pressure roller holder 34, two through-holes 61 are provided, which open into the mutually opposite side faces 48, 49 of the pressure roller holder 34 and through which screws can be passed, by means of which the pressure roller holder 34 can be fastened to the pendulum support 12.

The pressure roller 15 is at the level of the right knife 5. As can be seen from fig. 1, the pressure roller 15 is located between the two feed rollers 10. In this embodiment the pressure roller 15 is between two roller pairs. For this purpose, the support arm 20 is comparatively long, since it is mounted pivotably on a pressure roller holder 34, which is fastened to the pendulum support 12.

A further pressure roller 16 is located at the level of the left-hand knife 6 and in the region next to the feed roller 10. The pressure roller 16 is also held on the pressure roller holder 34 in the same manner as the pressure roller 15. The pressure roller 16 is mounted on the lower end of the arm 23 so as to be freely rotatable about a horizontal axis. The arm 23 has a housing 24 in the manner described, from which projects a shaft 25 with the pressure roller 16, in which housing 24 a compression medium/compression mechanism, preferably a compression spring, is accommodated in order to elastically support the pressure roller 16. The arm 23 is clamped in the supporting arm 20 in the described manner. The support arm 20 is shorter than the support arm 20 of the pressure roller 15, since the pressure roller 16 is approximately at the height of the pendulum supports 12. The supporting arm 20 is mounted on a supporting rod 33, which is designed in the manner described and can be clamped in a pressure roller clamp 34. The entire adjusting device of the pressure roller 16, for example the adjusting device of the pressure roller 15, is constructed identically, except for the different lengths of the support arms 20 and, if appropriate, longer support rods with longer rod regions (in order to enable a greater adjustment range in the width direction of the workpiece), so that reference is made to the description there.

Fig. 15 to 18 show an exemplary embodiment of an adjusting device for the pressure roller 16 for the case in which it can be adjusted together with the left-hand knife 6 transversely to the conveying direction 7 of the workpieces 1. For the adjustment of the tool 6, a slide 9 is used, which is mounted on the machine table 3 so as to be movable perpendicularly to the conveying direction 7. The position of the left-hand tool 6 can thereby be adapted to the width of the workpiece 1.

In order to move the pressure roller 16 to the same extent while the knife 6 is being adjusted, the pressure roller is coupled to the carriage 9 via a remote control 62, with which remote control 62 force can be transmitted in both directions, the housing 63 of the remote control 62 is fastened at one end to a support 64 which is fastened to the carriage 9, the cable core 65 of the remote control 62 is formed by a plurality of spring steel sheet strips which are stacked in layers and which are supported on one another and with respect to a semicircular guide strip, such a remote control is known, for example, from the name "F L EXBA LL", the cable core 65 of the remote control is fastened at one end to a support angle 66 which is mounted in a stationary manner on a machine frame (not shown).

The other end of the remote control 62 is secured to a cantilever arm 67 of the pinch roller clamp 34 (fig. 15). The boom 67 extends perpendicularly to the transport beam 13 and is movable along a guide rail 68 perpendicularly to the transport direction 7 of the workpieces 1. The guide rail 68 is provided on the upper end of the pendulum support 12. At the end of the cantilever 67 remote from the transport beam 13, a pressure roller gripper 34 is provided, which has a clamping section 54 and a clamping device 55, by means of which the support bar 33 can be held in the described manner in the pressure roller gripper 34. The pressure roller gripper 34 and the clamping device 55 are constructed in the described manner. The supporting arm 20 is mounted in the described manner on a supporting rod 33 and carries an arm 23, on the lower end of which a freely rotatable pressure roller 16 is supported.

The support rod 33 has in this case a cylindrical rotary part 36 (fig. 19) with a diameter 41, and for the adjustment of the pressure roller 16 from the pressure position into the rest position, the support rod 33 is moved axially in the described manner such that the cylindrical rotary part 36 is located in the pressure roller holder 34. Since the rotary part 36 is cylindrical, a reliable clamping on the rotary part 36 of the support rod 33 is achieved at any angular position. The use of the pressing position of the pressure roller 16 is thus also possible at an axial position of the support rod 33, in which both the rotary part 36 and the shank 35 are located in the opening 50 of the pressure roller holder 34. This is sufficient for a form-locking when a short length of the support bar 33 or its bar 35 lies within the opening 50, for example 5 mm. Since in this embodiment of the support bar 33, too, it is clamped in a hexagonal angular position on the cylindrical rotary part 36, the support bar 33 is clamped without play in the pressure roller clamp 34 over the entire clamping length. In contrast to the support rods 33 according to fig. 9 to 11, the support rods 33 according to fig. 19 are produced, for example, from round material, on which only hexagonal surfaces are milled.

Due to this production method, it is also possible for the shaft 35 and the part 43 to be arranged twisted relative to one another, so that the flat surfaces of the two parts of the support rod 33 are arranged twisted relative to one another. Different angular positions between the pressing position and the rest position can then be achieved, when for example the lever 35 is used for clamping in the pressing position and the portion 43 is used for clamping in the rest position. The two

parts

35, 43 of the support bar 33 each have the same hexagonal contour. The angular offset between the two

parts

35, 43 in this exemplary embodiment is selected such that the flat surfaces of the two parts are each arranged at an angular offset of 30 ° with respect to one another. The axially parallel edges 70 between the flat surfaces of the shank 35 are thus located over half the width of the flat surface 71 of the part 43 of the support rod 33, as seen in the axial direction of the support rod 33.

The slide 9 has a downwardly projecting slide portion 9' on which a bracket 64 of the remote control device 62 is fixed. The slide 9 is adjusted in a known manner perpendicularly to the conveying direction 7 of the workpieces 1.

As can be seen from fig. 17, the bracket 67 has a curved edge 69 in the region of the pressure roller holder 34, on which edge an end of the cable core 65 of the remote control 62 is fastened. The housing 63 of the remote control 62 is secured at its adjacent end to the pendulum support 12.

If the slide 9 with the tool 6 is adjusted transversely to the conveying direction 7 of the workpiece 1, the pressure roller gripper 34 and thus also the pressure roller 16 are correspondingly actuated via the remote control 62, so that the distance between the tool 6 and the pressure roller 16 remains constant regardless of the position of the tool 6. The flexible remote control 62 is guided through the slot planer in such a way that the transport of the workpiece 1 through the slot planer and the adjustment of the mechanical elements are not impeded.

The pressure roller 16 can be adjusted from the pressure position shown in fig. 1 and 2 to a rest position, which is shown in fig. 3. For this purpose, the supporting arm 20 is pivoted upward about a pivot axis 21, as described with the aid of the pressure roller 15, in such a way that the pressure roller 16 is located in the rest position in the region above the transport beam 13. In this rest position, the support arm 20 is fixed in that the support rod 33 is clamped fixedly in the receptacle 50 of the pressure roller clamp 34 by means of the clamping device 55. In order to be able to deflect the supporting arm 20 upwards, the clamping of the supporting rod 33 in the opening 50 of the pressure roller clamp 34 is released in the described manner. The support rod 33 can then be pushed out of the opening 50 to such an extent that the rotary part 36 is located in the opening 50. Via the rotating portion 36 of the support rod 33 and the respective curved surfaces of the aperture 50, the support rod 33 can rotate about its axis, thereby deflecting the support arm 20. In the upwardly deflected position, when the support bar 33 is moved axially into the clamping region of the pressure roller clamp 34 again with the lever part 35 or the part 43, the clamping part 54 of the pressure roller clamp 34 is clamped again relative to the rotary part 36 of the support bar 33 or relative to the lever part 35 or the part 43 by means of the clamping device 55.

If the router does not have a pressure roller 16 which is adjustable transversely to the conveying direction 7 of the workpiece 1 together with the adjustable tool 6, the router does not have a coupling of the pressure roller holder 34 to the carriage via a remote control. The adjusting unit 19 for the pressure roller 16 is then (apart from the different lengths of the supporting arm 20 and the supporting bar 33) constructed identically to the adjusting unit 18 for the pressure roller 15. The axial lateral adjustment of the pressure roller is then carried out purely via the axial position of the support rod 33 in the pressure roller holder 34. For this purpose, the support rod 33 must have the corresponding length of the rod part 35. It is also necessary to provide the possibility of displacement in the structure. For example, the pendulum support 12 has a bore in the extension of the opening 50 and a corresponding free space for the displacement of the support rod 33 into the pendulum support. The transport beam 13 also has corresponding bores, if necessary, so that a correspondingly long support bar 33 can be moved into the transport beam 13 when the left-hand spindle and the pressure roller are in the operating position for machining narrow elements.

The

pressure rollers

15, 16 can be reliably adjusted between the pressure position and the rest position. Since the support bar 33 has a polygonal contour, a reliable positive connection is formed between the support bar 33 and the pressure roller gripper 34. If the clamping of the support rod 33 is released, it is ensured by the polygonal contour of the shank 35 of the support rod 33 that the support rod and thus the support arm 20 do not move. If a tool change is to be carried out, it can be simply pivoted away from the

pressure rollers

15, 16 in the described manner. This makes it possible to carry out tool changes in a short time. In the rest position, the

pressure rollers

15, 16 are outside the tool region, so that they do not hinder tool changes. If no pressure rollers are used for machining purposes or if pressure rollers can be removed during machining, because they interfere with one another, for example, the pressure rollers can be set into a rest position and remain there. The adjustment of the

pressure rollers

15, 16 between the rest position and the pressure position can be carried out simply by a deflection of the supporting arm 20. There is no costly adjustment unit or adjustment device which requires complex handling.

A support bar 33 can be used for each of the two

pressure rollers

15, 16, as described with reference to fig. 9 to 11 or 19. The support bar 33 for the setting of the pressure roller can then have the configuration as already described with reference to fig. 9 to 11. Conversely, for the adjustment of the pressure roller 15, a support bar 33 according to the embodiment according to fig. 19 can also be used.

The clamping action described in the region of the shank 35 and the rotary part 36 is described with reference to fig. 20 to 23. Fig. 20 shows an enlarged view of the pinch roller clamp 34 with the gripping portion 54 and the lower portion 60. The support bar 33 assumes a position in which its rotating part 36 is in the clamping opening 50 of the pressure roller clamp 34. The rotating portion 36 has a configuration corresponding to fig. 9 to 11. The support rod 33 assumes a position (angular position) in which it is axially displaceable in the clamping aperture 50, i.e. the hexagonal cross-sections of the rod part 35 and the clamping aperture coincide. In this angular position, clamping of the support rod 33 in the clamping opening 50 is not possible, since no overlap region exists between the curved surfaces of the rotary part 36 and the opening 35, but only the edges between the surfaces abut against one another.

Fig. 21 shows a case when the rotating portion 36 of the support lever 33 is rotated such that the rotating portion 36 and the respective curved surfaces of the walls of the aperture 50 of the pinch roller clamp 34 overlap each other. In the position according to fig. 21, the support rod 33 can be clamped in the rotary part 36 by means of the clamping part 54.

In fig. 22, the shank 35 of the support rod 33 is located in the opening 50 of the pressure roller holder 34. The flat outer sides 38 of the shank 35 bear against the flat inner sides 51 in the wall of the opening 50. In this case, a positive clamping of the support rod 33 in the clamping opening 50 is provided.

Fig. 23 shows a support rod 33 constructed according to fig. 19. The rotating portion 36 in the aperture 50 of the pinch roller clamp 34 has a cylindrical outer circumferential surface that is embedded in a respective curved inner side 52 in the wall of the aperture 50. The support rod 33 is thereby clamped in the opening 50 of the pressure roller clamp 34 at any angular position on the cylindrical rotary part 36, in particular also in an angular position in which the hexagonal cross-section of the rod part 35 and the clamping opening 50 coincide. As described above, it is then possible to use the pressure roller 16, also with an axial position of the support rod 33, in which both the rotary part 36 and the rod part 35 are located in the opening 50 of the pressure roller holder 34, and to clamp it positively and reliably.

Fig. 25 shows a support rod which is of substantially identical design compared to the support rod according to fig. 9 to 11. The difference is that the rotary part 36 is cylindrical between the hexagonal shank 35 and the hexagonal end part 43. The shaft 35 and the end section 43 of the support rod 33 are arranged relative to one another in such a way that their flat surfaces 39, 39' lie in a common plane. The cylindrical rotary part 36 has a diameter 41 which is equal to the distance 42 between the diametrically opposed flat surfaces 39, 39' of the shank 35 and the end part 43 and thus to the diameter of the inscribed circle of the shank cross section. In a support rod according to the exemplary embodiment according to fig. 7 to 11, the diameter is illustratively 27 mm. In such a configuration of the support bar 33, the opening 50 in the pressure roller holder 34 can have a hexagonal contour. The wall of the aperture 50 is thus constituted by a plurality of flat inner sides 51, which, unlike the previously described embodiments, do not have curved surfaces. If the rotating portion 36 is in the aperture 50, the support rod 33 can rotate about its axis. The clamping section 54 can also be used to clamp the support rod 33 in the opening 50 in any angular position in the region of the rotary section 36. The cylindrical outer circumferential surface and the hexagonal surface have here a linear contact parallel to the axis of the support rod along the depth of the clamping aperture of the pressure roller clamp. If the support rod 33 is moved such that its shank 35 is located in the opening 50, the shank 35 can also be clamped securely in the opening 50, with the walls and the flat surfaces of the shank 35 and the opening 50 lying flat against one another.

In a further exemplary embodiment (not shown), the second part of the support rod 33 can also be designed in such a way that the cylindrical outer circumferential surface is approximated by a shape which is polygonal in cross section. Thus, for example, the second portion may be formed by a dodecagon or icosahedron. The edges between the flat polygonal surfaces are located on the diameter of the cylindrical outer circumferential surface. If the second part is located in the clamping opening 50 of the pressure roller clamp 34, the edge of the second part of the support rod 33 rests in linear contact against the inner side of the clamping opening 50. The support bar 33 can also rotate about its axis in the clamping aperture 50 in such a configuration.

Claims

1. An adjusting device for a pressure roller of a processing machine for workpieces made of wood or plastic, comprising a supporting arm which can be pivoted about an axis and which carries the pressure roller, the pressure roller being adjustable from a pressure position to a rest position by means of the supporting arm, the supporting arm being mounted on a supporting rod which engages in a clamping opening of a pressure roller clamp; characterized in that the support rod (33) has a first part (35) which has a non-circular cross section and forms a form-fit part which cooperates in a form-fit manner with the clamping opening of the pressure roller gripper and a second part which is arranged offset in the axial direction relative to the first part (35) and which is a rotary part (36) which bears against the inner side of the clamping opening (50) and makes it possible to carry out a rotary movement of the support rod (33) about its axis in the clamping opening (50) of the pressure roller gripper (34).

2. Adjustment device according to claim 1, characterized in that the second part of the support rod (33) has a cylindrical outer circumferential surface.

3. Adjusting device according to claim 2, characterized in that the diameter (41) of the cylindrical outer circumferential surface is equal to the inscribed diameter of the angular cross section of the first section (35), and the cylindrical outer circumferential surface of the second section bears in linear contact against a flat inner side (51) of a clamping opening (50) of the pressure roller clamp (34) and enables the support rod (33) to rotate about its axis, the angular cross section of the clamping opening (50) corresponding to the angular cross section of the first section (35) of the support rod (33).

4. Adjusting device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cylindrical outer circumferential surface of the second part of the support rod (33) bears against a corresponding part-cylindrical inner side (52) of a clamping opening (50) of the pressure roller clamp (34) with alternating flat inner sides (51) and part-cylindrical inner sides (52) and enables the support rod (33) to rotate about its axis.

5. The adjusting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the second part of the support rod (33) has alternating flat outer sides (37) and curved outer sides (38), wherein the flat outer sides (37) are set back to such an extent that the curved outer sides (38) form functional surfaces which bear against correspondingly curved inner sides (52) of clamping openings (50) of the pressure roller holder (34) which likewise have alternating flat inner sides (51) and curved inner sides (52) and allow the support rod (33) to rotate about its axis.

6. Adjusting device according to claim 5, characterized in that the curved outer side (38) of the second part of the support rod (33) and the curved inner side (52) of the clamping opening (50) lie on an imaginary cylindrical outer circumferential surface, the axis of which forms the deflection axis (21) of the support arm (20).

7. Adjusting device according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the flat outer side (37) of the second section is a continuous continuation of the flat outer side (39) of the first section (35) of the support rod (33).

8. Adjusting device according to claim 6, characterized in that the diameter (41) of the imaginary cylindrical outer circumferential surface is larger than the spacing (42) between mutually opposite flat outer sides (37) or inner sides (51) of the second portion or clamping opening (50) of the support rod (33).

9. Adjustment device according to claim 1, characterized in that the second part is situated between the first part (35) and an end part (43) of the support rod (33).

10. Adjustment device according to claim 9, characterized in that the end portion (43) has the same cross section as the first portion (35).

11. Adjustment device according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the first portion (35) and the end portion (43) of the support rod (33) are arranged angularly offset with respect to each other.

12. Adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the support rod (33) is movable in the clamping opening (50) in such a way that the first part (35) can be clamped in the clamping opening in the pressing position of the pressing rollers (15, 16) and in the deflected rest position the second part or the first part (35) can be clamped in the clamping opening (50).

13. Adjustment device according to claim 9, characterized in that the support rod (33) can be clamped in the clamping aperture (50) with the first part (35), the second part and the end part (43).

14. The adjusting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the pressure roller holder (34) has at least one clamping portion (54) which exerts a clamping force on the support rod (33) and is connected to a lower portion (60) of the pressure roller holder (34) via a bending region (53).

15. Adjustment device according to claim 14, characterized in that the clamping section (54) is separated from the lower section (60) of the pressure roller clamp (34) by a transverse slot (45) extending over part of the width of the pressure roller clamp (34).

16. Adjustment device according to claim 15, characterized in that the transverse slot (45) passes through the clamping aperture (50).

17. The adjusting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the supporting arm (20) is clamped fixedly to the supporting bar (33).

18. Adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the pressure rollers (15, 16) are supported on an arm (23) which can be clamped fixedly in the bearing arm (20).

19. Adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the pressure roller holder (34) is adjustable in the axial direction of the support rod (33).

20. A processing machine comprising an adjustment device according to any one of claims 1 to 19.

21. A machine as claimed in claim 20, wherein the support bar (33) is located in a region above the machine table (3).

22. A machine according to claim 20 or 21, wherein the support bar (33) extends transversely to the conveying direction (7) of the workpieces (1) through the machine.

23. A processing machine according to claim 20, characterized in that the processing machine has at least one tool (6) which can be adjusted transversely to the conveying direction (7) of the workpieces (1) by means of the slide (9).

24. A processing machine according to claim 23, characterized in that the slide (9) is coupled with the pressure roller gripper (34) in such a way that the pressure roller gripper (34) can be adjusted together with the slide (9) transversely to the conveying direction (7) of the workpieces (1).

25. A machine as claimed in claim 24, characterized in that the slide (9) and the pressure roller holder (34) are connected to each other via at least one remote control (62).

26. A processing machine according to claim 24 or 25, characterized in that the adjusting movement of the pressure roller holder (34) is derived from the adjusting movement of the slide (9).